Zest launches AI concierge that finds restaurants and books reservations over text

Zest today launches an AI concierge that finds restaurants and books reservations over text, according to TechCrunch. The tool targets the indecision and back-and-forth of group dining plans by coordinating choices in a single thread. Its relevance rises as messaging-based AI helpers spread and as restaurants lean on digital reservations to fill tables and curb no-shows.

TechCrunch reports Zest’s agent gathers participants’ tastes, surfaces options, puts them to a vote, and then confirms the booking. The service works inside text conversations, collecting preferences and moving the group to a decision before placing the reservation, a pitch aimed at those moments when no one can agree on where to eat, TechCrunch says. What to watch next: pricing, rollout timing, and any ties to major reservation platforms as Zest scales. [Developing. This article will be updated.]